Tanytermitalis philetaerus Engel and Cai 2021 (termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Tanytermitidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and C. Y. Cai. 2021. Taxonomic names, in Further evidence of Cretaceous termitophily: Description of new termite hosts of the trichopseniine Cretotrichopsenius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with emendations to the classification of lower termites (Isoptera). Palaeoentomology 4:374-389

Belongs to Tanytermitalis according to M. S. Engel and C. Y. Cai 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP174707, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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